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Ann Arbor AI, Machine Learning and Computer Vision Meetup
May 14, 2025 | 5:30 – 8:30 PM
Date and Time
May 14, 2025 from 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
University of Michigan
U-M Transportation Research Institute
2901 Baxter Road
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2150
Schedule
- 5:30 – 6:15 – Dinner and networking
- 6:15 – 6:45 – Mcity Tour
- 6:45 – 8:15 – Speakers
- 8:15 – 8:30 – Closing comments & Wrap up
Register for the event at University of Michigan, UMTRI
Visual AI in Testing & Inspection
Saikiran Divakaruni
ZF Group
Akshayaasri Sridhara
ZF Group
The talk briefly explores applications of visual AI in automotive component testing and inspection. It covers how to identify suitable use cases, as well as the process of building an AI model — including its training, deployment, and ongoing maintenance in a production environment.
Check Your Blindspot When Developing Perception Systems
Eric Hofesmann
Voxel51
Vehicles being able to understand the world around them is critical to develop the next generation of mobility solutions. However, developing perception systems that can efficiently and reliably process sensor inputs into actionable outputs is a difficult challenge, one that spans countless industries that are building visual AI. The core of these challenges is often how effectively you can understand and utilize the visual data that is being used to develop these AI systems. This talk outlines the challenges of bringing data and model work closer together in the context of ADAS and AV applications, as well as the best practices towards solutions to these problems.
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Saikiran Divakaruni
ZF Group
Saikiran Divakaruni leads the global Data Science & AI team for DIV C at ZF Group. He and his team are responsible for implementing data science and AI projects within the division’s engineering function. Saikiran holds a Master’s degree in Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering and an MBA.
Akshayaasri Sridhara
ZF Group
Akshayaa Sridharan, A Computer science graduate with 9+ years of work experience as a data professional currently working as a data scientist with the AI and Advanced analytics team focusing on developing comprehensive AI solutions for organizational business cases.
Eric Hofesmann
Voxel51
Eric Hofesmann is one of the founding Machine Learning Engineers at Voxel51 with a MS degree in AI from the University of Michigan who is driven to bring the computer vision community closer to their data. My experiences in academia and as well as working closely with customers across many different industries lets me tackle the hardest problems in AI and help push the space forward in a meaningful way. I enjoy getting hands on with the newest advancements in AI and building out scalable systems to continuously improve machine learning solutions.